EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana officially opens at Walt Disney World

Oct 16, 2023 in "Journey of Water Inspired by Moana"

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Posted: Monday October 16, 2023 7:17am ET by WDWMAGIC Staff

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana is now officially open to all guests at EPCOT in Walt Disney World.

Nighttime tour of Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

With today's official opening, Disney has updated the EPCOT digital guide map to include Journey of Water and the Moana character meet and greet.

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana on the Digital Map

An in-depth look at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

How to join the Journey of Water Inspired by Moana Virtual Queue

Although the walk-through attraction is officially open, Disney says it will continue using a Virtual Queue during busy periods, as it did during the soft-opening period. No Individual Lightning Lane option exists, and Journey of Water is not part of Genie+.

When in operation, the Virtual Queue opens at 8:45 am. Guests must have a park reservation for EPCOT and be inside EPCOT to join.

Using the My Disney Experience app, each Guest can request to enter the Journey of Water Virtual Queue once per day during regular park hours. The Journey of Water Virtual Queue is separate from the Guardians of the Galaxy Cosmic Rewind Virtual Queue, and joining one does not prevent joining the other.

Nighttime tour of Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana Operating Hours

Journey of Water Inspired by Moana is available daily during Early Entry from 8:30 am to 9 am for Walt Disney World Resort hotel guests and guests staying at deluxe Walt Disney World Resort hotels during Extended Evening Hours from 9 pm to 11 pm on select days. Operating hours for day guests are 9 am to 9 pm.

An in-depth look at EPCOT's Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

Nighttime tour of Journey of Water Inspired by Moana

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Chef idea Mickey`=9 hours ago

Perhaps this is just Epcot crying out I don't want this transformation that none of us asked aside minor enhancements or upgrades like Creation Shop and Connections made well better for Epcot how it was.

DisCOT_9711 hours ago

Did I ever suggest that? I simply stated that these things should not be happening within months of opening such things. Especially when you’ve made the consumer wait so long and had the park under walls for half a decade. It’s just bad show.

eddie10412 hours ago

Listen I get the complaints but I will never attack Disney for fixing or repairing their mistakes. It’s unfortunate that things are already breaking in a newly constructed area. Maybe they need better oversight on these projects or a different contractor.

Incomudro12 hours ago

They shouldn't break this fast. It's embarassing. And we're not talking about complicated AA's. We're talking about lights and a water feature. And those lights failed after one night.

eddie10412 hours ago

Things break…would you rather them ignore it?

tparris12 hours ago

All of this.

DisCOT_9713 hours ago

The problem isn’t that they’re trying to solve the issue, it’s that this park went through a multimillion multiyear “transformation” and some of the things promised don’t even fully function. That middle area has been behind walls for how long? And those new “lights” stopped working after night one…Moana isn’t even a year old yet and it’s already proving to be a maintenance workload.

KeithVH14 hours ago

Yeah! And I bet as soon as they get the Yeti fixed, they'll straighten this brand new problem ASAP . . .

Virtual Toad16 hours ago

I can't speak for others, but to me the fact that the state of "show" at Epcot is so poor now, especially when compared to what it used to be, that lack of reliability among newer effects becomes a more glaring issue when so many other effects, new and old, remain broken or in b-mode months or even years after failing. Ironic that a park systematically stripped of complex effects and moving parts over the past 25 years remains in relatively poor condition, and definitely below the baseline WDW show standards of the past, especially when there are fewer things to maintain.

monothingie16 hours ago

eddie10416 hours ago

Why do you guys always want to fault Disney for doing their jobs? They are working on it and here you are complaining that the issue is being addressed.